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Stars in the Shadows: The Negro League All-Star Game of 1934 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780689866388)
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Charles R. Jr. Smith
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xMeet Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and other baseball heroes in this unique radio broadcast reenactment of a legendary All-Star Game, marking a pivotal time in sports history. 1934, Chicago. Come step back in time to witness the best of the best Negro League players take each other on in one of the most fascinating All-Star ballgames in American history. Using a unique radio broadcast transcript, Coretta Scott King Award Winner Charles R. Smith, Jr. has recreated this momentous event with a lively play-by-play retelling of the second annual Negro League East-West Game. Meet legendary players like Satchel Paige, Turkey Stearness, and Cool Pappa Bell, hang in the stands with the fans, and experience this exhilarating untold, true story--with a lyrical twist. Stars in the Shadows is a must-have for any baseball aficionado or anyone interested in forgotten history. Beautifully packaged and with incredible black-and-white illustrations by Frank Morrison, this is a rare and extraordinary book.
Author: Charles R. Jr. Smith
ISBN-10: 0689866380
ISBN-13: 9780689866388
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 01/03/2012
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.70d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 149931 / Stars in the Shadows: The Negro League All-Star Game of 1934
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2011
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2012
Booklist 02/01/2012 pg. 81
Publishers Weekly 02/06/2012 pg. 61
Shelf Awareness 04/13/2012
School Library Journal 05/01/2012 pg. 89
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 168 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Author: Charles R. Jr. Smith
ISBN-10: 0689866380
ISBN-13: 9780689866388
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 01/03/2012
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.70d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 149931 / Stars in the Shadows: The Negro League All-Star Game of 1934
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2011
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2012
Booklist 02/01/2012 pg. 81
Publishers Weekly 02/06/2012 pg. 61
Shelf Awareness 04/13/2012
School Library Journal 05/01/2012 pg. 89
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 168 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
By Charles R. Jr. Smith
xCharles R. Smith Jr. is an acclaimed poet and the Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator of My People, a picture book based on the poem by Langston Hughes. He is also the illustrator of If, the author and photographer of I Am the World, and he won the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for his book Twelve Rounds To Glory. He grew up in California and attended the Brooks Institute of Photography. A magazine and book cover photographer in addition to a picture book creator, Charles lives with his wife and kids in Poughkeepsie, New York. Visit him at CharlesRSmithJr.com. Frank Morrison is the award-winning illustrator of many books for young readers, including Jazzy Miz Mozetta, winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent; Little Melba and Her Big Trombone, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor book; Muhammad Ali; and How Sweet the Sound. Before becoming a children's book illustrator and fine artist, Morrison toured the globe as a break-dancer. He lives in Georgia with his family.
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